Cap



Nue. 1s, 1924.. 1,516,284

s. H. SCHNEIDER ET AL CAP riled sept. 27. 1921 *Esau-shui 2 uez Hmemse Patented Nov. 18, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL H. SCHNEIDER AND MORRIS FOX, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAP.

Application filed September 27, 1921.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, SAMUEL H. SCHNEI- DER and MORRIS Fox, citizens, respectively, of the United States and of Russia, and residents of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cap, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

rl"his invention has relation to wearing apparel and refers more particularly to an improvement in caps.

The invention contemplates as an object the production of a cap provided with an adjustable head receiving opening whereby the same may be regulated to render it applicable to heads of various sizes. As a further object, the invention aims to provide a cap including means for adjusting the head receiving opening whereby a wide range of adjustment may be had, and which means does not in any way detract from the appearance or style of the cap.

As a still further object, the invention eliminates the necessity of cutting the mate-- rial defining a head receiving opening by producing plaits or folds in the material at opposite sides thereof to reduce the circumferential measurement of the same.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of means for retaining the plaits or folds in adjusted position, which means serves to cover and conceal said plaits or folds.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a cap which does not in any way add to the expense of manufacture nor detract from the wearing qualities of the same, and in which the means of adjustment is readily and easily had to produce a snug fitl of the same.

Vith the above recited and other objects in view the invention resides in` the novel construction, combination and arrangement of vparts set forth in theI following specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claim is expressed and by variations in the phraseology of the same.

Serial No. 503,634.

1n the drawings- A Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cap illustrating its application. f

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view thereof illustrating the securing means unfastened.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary bottom plan view illustrating the manner in which the adjustment is obtained.

Figure 4C is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line illustrated approximately at 1 4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a. plan view of the blank from which the crown of the cap is formed.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the rear outer band is formed.

.Figure 7 is a plan view of the blank from which the adjusting strap is formed.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the cap comprises a crown 1() of substantially circular formation and having the V notches 11 cut in the. forward peripheral edge thereof to produce the proper shape to the front of the crown when the side edges of the notches are stitched together. The opposite sides of the crown are provided with laterally extending portions 12 at substantially diametrically opposite points. An outer band 13 is secured by the stitching 14 to the lower peripheral edge of the rear portion of the crown and to the rear edge of the extension 12 leaving the opposite terminals 15 of said band free to constitute flaps or ears having attached to the free end thereof buckles 16. The usual form of peak or visor 17 is secured to the forward peripheral edge of the cap and the lower edgel of the crown provides the head receiving opening. A front strap 18 provided at its opposite extremities with a row of eyelets 19 is adapted to interengageably coact with the buckles 16 for establishing an adjustable connection between the flaps or ears 15, whereby to produce a plait or fold 2O at opposite sides of vthe cap in the material which defines the head receiving opening. The disposition of the ears or aps 15 are such as to cover and conceal the plaits or folds when the eyelets in the. strap 18 engage with the buckles. By adjusting the buckles in various openings, the plait 20 will be varied in width to vary the circumferential measurement of the head receiving opening.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a wide range of adjustment may be had in the circumferential measurement of the head receiving opening by the means here-inbefore set forth. It is also obvious that by engaging the buckles with the outermost eyelets, the plait will be unfolded to give the maximum measurement to the head receiving opening. By this arrangement practically any size from six and threequarters to seven and one-half may be obtained without destroying the style or detracting from the appearance of the cap by simply engaging the buckle in various eyelets.

We claim:

In a cap structure, a crown member of inverted cup shaped formation having the rear lower vend thereof cutaway circumferentially to provide a `forward depending lower end portion, a vizor secured to the lower edge of the forward depending lower end portion with the opposite ends of the vizor spaced from the opposite rear edges of the depending lower end portion, a band member secured to the lower rear edge of the crown and to the rear edges of the depending' front portion to dene a iexible plait forming portion between the viZor and the rear edges of the depending forward portion, the said band having forwardly extending free extremities, and a strap member adapted for adjustable conneet-ion with the free' ends of said band for regulating the head size of the cap, .said strap member adapted to overlie the depending frontportion of the crown.

MORRIS FOX.

SAMUEL H. SCHNEIDER. 

